The classic view that rationality is a major characteristic of the Image of God is properly derived from the Doctrine of Creation and what it reveals about God. Rationality, Logic, Principles of Mathematics are all derived from Theology- the nature of God Himself. However, today’s culture values the non-rational, even as it de-values God

“In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries there were important movements in the arts,the sciences and the social sciences that, taken together, represent a significant revision of modern thought. What is known as Postmodernity arose out of a rejection of the Enlightenment’s key point, the primacy of rationality.” - p.199

Material in this Article is adapted from HISTORY THROUGH THE EYES OF FAITH by Ronald A Wells. “One of the deep currents in the twentieth century is non-rationalism, by which we do not mean irrationalism but a conscious rejection of the faculty of human reason as the highest state of human endeavor and the best avenue toward truth.”

"The Law of Contradiction is a presupposition and non-negotiable principle for Christian Theology and Apologetics." "Without [logic] no knowledge of anything cognitive can be achieved." "The basic Law of rational intelligibility (is) the Law of Contradiction." - R.C. Sproul

Secular Philosophers agree-

"denial of [the 3 Laws] would make all discourse impossible." "Without assuming the Law, [no one could] assert anything, not even a denial of the Law itself"- Hospers

"any system to be workable at all must be governed by some principle of consistency" - A.J Ayer

NOTE: these Laws of Aristotelian Logic do not apply to nonsense statements ["there are no absolutes" or "This statement is false"] or to self-reference statements ["the square root of 4 is asleep" or "Zeus is insane"]